Assad cousin notorious for role in suppressing protests in Syria arrested
A cousin of the former Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad who was involved in suppressing the protests that started the 2011 ...
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A Witness in Assad’s Dungeons
A few days after the Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad fled into exile, in December, an elderly woman sat on the sidewalk ...
The silent killer that’s claimed hundreds of lives of those returning to war-torn homes
Landmines and unexploded ordnance left scattered in the aftermath of the civil war have become a silent killer for Syrians – particularly for those who are returning to their homes after years in ...
Al-Monitor6d
40 years on, Hama survivors recall horror of Assad-era massacre
Hayan Hadid was 18 when soldiers arrested him in his pyjamas and took him for execution in Syria's Hama in 1982, during one ...
The Independent3d
'Everyone is afraid’: Why Christians are fearing for their lives under Syria’s new regime
Recommended The West must stop Syria from becoming a failed state The Assads’ next chapter: A ‘desert rose’ wife, three preppy children and a life of luxury How Bashar al-Assad went from ...
Saidnaya prison, a microcosm of the al-Assad regime's barbarity
Built on a hill 30 kilometers from Damascus, the Saidnaya prison has instilled terror in generations of Syrians: a place of ...
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Assad cousin notorious for role in suppressing protests in Syria arrested
A cousin of the former Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad who was involved in suppressing ... in the spring of that year after a group of children were arrested and tortured for writing anti-regime ...